(Re)Introducing “Secular Religion”: On the Study of Entangled Quests for Meaning in Modern Western Cultures

The disenchantment of reality has bankrupted conventional sources of meaning for many people in modern Western cultures. This has led a growing number of figures and groups to search for alternative sources of meaning. Typical of their quests for meaning is the entanglement of secular and religious...

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Main Author: Vliegenthart, Dave (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Numen
Year: 2020, Volume: 67, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 256-279
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Western world / Secularism / Religion / Civil religion
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B New Religious Movements
B quests for meaning
B New Age
B Western Esotericism
B metaphysical religion
B modern gurus
B Cults
B Secular Religion
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